Aleksej Pokuševski

Aleksej Pokuševski

Aleksej Pokuševski is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. In November 2020, his draft rights were traded to the Thunder in a three-team trade. He officially signed a rookie contract with the Thunder on December 1, 2020.

About Aleksej Pokuševski in brief

Summary Aleksej PokuševskiAleksej Pokuševski is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. Born in Belgrade, he played youth basketball for the Greek club, Olympiacos Piraeus. He debuted for their senior team in 2019, at age 17, becoming the youngest EuroLeague player in club history. He was selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. In November 2020, his draft rights were traded to the Thunder in a three-team trade.

He officially signed a rookie contract with the Thunder on December 1, 2020. He is a member of the Serbian national under-17 team that competed at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, in Argentina. He also played for the Serbian under-18 team at the 2019 FIBA U-18 European Championship, in Volgograd. He has also played in domestic and regional competition for the Serbia national team during the domestic season and the regional competition during the season.